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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reaching the Last Mile

open access: yes, 2018
Bringing essential services to the poor, whether in remote rural areas, provincial towns, or in the slums of megacities, is a great challenge for governments in developing countries. Lack of governmental capacity and fiscal resources at the national and local levels prevents effective public provision of water, power, education, and health services to ...
Tinsley, Elaine, Agapitova, Natalia
openaire   +3 more sources

Understanding the role of information and digital technologies of industry 4.0 on last-mile logistics: current state and prospective research avenues

open access: yesRevista de Estudios Empresariales. Segunda Época
This work aims to provide an overview of the current state of the literature linking Information and Digital Technologies of Industry 4.0 (IDT of I4.0) and last-mile logistics.
Enrique Nahuel Deschutter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Doha: The Last Mile

open access: yes, 2008
The major issue preventing the conclusion of the Doha Round is the conflict on agricultural protectionism between India and America. When one probes the matter in depth, one immediately sees that a political compromise is within reach.
Bhagwati, Jagdish N., Panagariya, Arvind
openaire   +2 more sources

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Last Mile of COVID-19?

open access: yesPediatric Respirology and Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Yu-Tsun Su
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomous last-mile delivery robots: a literature review

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review
This literature review investigates how self-driving autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) impact last-mile deliveries, add value to the logistics and transport industry, and contribute to creating competitive business models. Autonomous vehicles are still a
Elin Alverhed   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Literature review: Efficiency, environment and robotization in first and last mile logistics

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Efficiency of first and last mile transportation is a vital task that significantly contributes competitiveness of entire supply chain. Conducting systematic literature review is a first step in identifying imperfections and areas in need of further ...
Aleksandrs Kotlars, Valerijs Skribans
doaj   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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